2.Listen to the following radio clip and answer these questions by yourself. Compare your answers once you have listened.

a. What is the name of the news presenter on the radio?

b. What is the radio station?

c. How many news items were mentioned in the radio clip?

3. Look at the following pictures and discuss with a partner the news items in the radio clip. Can you put the pictures in order that they were mentioned?

4. Look at the following words in the box below in a dictionary and write out possible definitions. Work with a partner.

Scramble (v)
Dramatic (adj.)
Hostage (n)
Maliciously (adv.)
Resits (n)
Summon (v)
Tariff (n)
Extremist (n)
OFGEM (n)
The coming year (n)
Disrupted (adj.)
Qualifications (n)
Benchmark (n)
Sleet (n)
Suspend (v)
Widespread (adj.)
Prisoner (n)
Fatal (adj.)
Shooting (n)

5. Listen to the radio clip again and complete the following passages using the vocabulary from the text box above. Check with a partner your answers.

scramble	dramatic	hostage	maliciously	GCSE resits	Summoned
tariffs	extremists	OFGEM	the coming year	disrupted	Qualifications
benchmark	sleet	suspended	widespread	prisoner	fatal shootings

In the past hour, it has emerged that the Foreign Office has _________________ the Russian Ambassador to explain why two long range bombers from Russia flew over the English Channel yesterday. It says civil aviation was _________________. Typhoon fighter jets were _________________ in response.

Discs containing information from three sensitive judge led enquiries including two

_________________ by police have gone missing in the post. The Ministry of Justice says a member of staff has been _________________ but at this stage there’s no evidence to suggest that the loss happened _________________.

Jordan says it wants proof that its pilot being held _________________ by Islamic State fighters in Syria is still alive before releasing the Jihadist _________________

in exchange. The deadline set by the _________________ for the Jordanian authorities to free the female bomber has passed.

The number of secondary schools in England deemed to be underperforming has more than doubled since last year. 330 schools didn’t reach the _________________

standard of two fifths of their pupils obtaining five good GCSEs, including English and maths. The measure’s been changed so that it takes into account a reduced number of

_________________. _________________ are no longer included.

The energy watchdog _________________ says that the six big power companies are expected to make nine pounds more per customer over _________________. That’s despite recent price cuts to gas _________________ and a _________________ fall in the price of crude oil. UK Energy, which represents the large companies, has called the figures ‘inaccurate’.

And the weather. Outbreaks of rain, _________________ and snow on the hills will move

south eastwards across Scotland and Northern England during the night. A

_________________ frost is likely.

A Have you ever thought the functions of mass media in modern life?

B You are going to read an article about the functions of media. Brainstor++m your idea about the functions mass media. What are they?